his was the ﬁght that was being
called Karl Dargan’s “coming
out party” -- the ﬁght that was to
propel him from his # 15 ranking
into the top 10 ranked lightweight
boxers in the
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ranking is secured, an offer can come
at any time to ﬁght for the world
title. Dargan, an undefeated (18-0)
ﬁghter from Philadelphia, had a great
pedigree. He was a very successful
amateur ﬁghter who had won the
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gold medal at the Pan Am games. As
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a professional, he had trained with
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champions Sugar Shane Mosley and
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Saul Alvarez. Former middleweight
titleholder Bernard Hopkins had
endorsed Dargan as a future world
champion. At this ﬁght against
Cornwall’s Tony Luis-- the main
event of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights
being shown live across the USA-- the
Includes odds makers had made Dargan a 7 to
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1 favourite to defeat Luis. However,
in the pre-ﬁght scouting report, Main
Events matchmaker Jolene Mizzone
stated that “it is never easy to get an
opponent for Karl Dargan, but Tony
Luis jumped at the opportunity, which
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is always a sign of someone who is
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ready to win”. Team Luis was indeed
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ready: Jorge Luis, Tony’s father and
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trainer, is one of the best
Tony Luis displaying the WBC Lightweight Championship Belt
Photo Credit: Marilyn Paulino
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